A/N: Thanks to everyone who reveiwed!
Sirius Cottage's name "The Light House" is I believe from: "A Harry Situation" by Jelsemium, or "Recnac Transfaerso" by Celebony, I love their stories, and I loved the name so I snatched it! (Light as opposed to Black, he's showing his disteaste for his family and their beliefs.)
Summery: Sirius got to Harry before Hagrid on Halloween 1981, he took the baby far from harm to a remote cottage "The Light House", now Sirius finds himself hiding from the Ministry while trying to raise a baby, luckily Remus is around to lend a hand... however inexperanced it also maybe.
Disclaimer: (how did I manage to forget this? Wish I could remember so I could do it again...) Me no ownz it it ownz me.
Warnings: Fish
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Dealing With Sirius
By Cloud
Ch. 4: In Which Moony Goes Shopping And We Learn Of Harry's Secret Fear...
It was decided two days later that Remus would indeed go shopping, and that Sirius would take care of Harry.
Why it took two days to decide this, was anyones guess, though it could probably be atributed to the fact that Sirius wanted to pay for stuff Remus needed as well, and Remus's pride wouldn't allow it.
"Come on Moony! I don't do this often!" cried Sirius, jumping to his feet for what had to have been the zillionth time that day.
"No usually it was Prongs trying to buy stuff for me!" retorted Remus standing as well.
"Pwong." cooed Harry happily from where he stood in his crib watching the two young men go at it.
The littlest Marauder was supposed to be napping, but with his two highly stressed gaurdians going at it every few minutes the baby was understandably finding it hard to sleep.
"Paafoot! Up! Up?" begged Harry streeching his arms out to the man.
"Hounestly Moony we're you're friends! Friends help eachother!" Sirius shouted.
"Paafoot? Up?" sniffled Harry, his tiny bottem lip trembling slightly.
"I know that and I do appreciate it! But I have money!"
"Moony? Moony??" sniffled Harry reaching toward the other man.
"I know you have money, but that doesn't mean I still can't help you out!"
Harry squeezed his eyes shut tight, his little hands fisted, his bottem lip quivering.
"MUMMMMMYYYY!!!!"
Both Sirius and Remus stopped and turned to the sobbing child.
Sirius blanched, "Harry!"
Running over he lifted the baby out of the crib bouncing him, "Shhh, its okay, don't cry."
"MumMumMumMumMumMum!" sobbed the baby.
"We must have scared him..." fretted Remus sadly.
Sirius sighed, "Okay look, lets just drop it... I give up, just take the money out to get the food and the stuff for Harry..." Sirius smirked evilly, "I'll just have to be overly generous on Christmas!"
Remus frowned but nodded and walked back over to where they'd left the shopping list.
Sirius bounced Harry, cooing to him til the baby stopped crying.
Harry blinked his bright eyes still glistening with tears and started sucking on his index finger thoughtfully.
Sirius sat down, Harry laying on his stomach on the man's lap, babbling, Sirius smiled, ruffling the baby's unruly black locks, before he reached forward to snatch the old yellow quill and a scrap of paper, he then jotted down a hesty note, and passed it to Remus.
"There I've gaven you permission to access my vault, just show that to the goblins."
Remus looked uncomfertable with the arrangement but nodded docely.
"Gobbin!" giggled Harry.
The two adults laughed at the child's enthusiasum.
"Doesn't take much to make him happy does it?" smiled Remus.
"Nope, our dear Pronglet is easily amused!"
An uneasy silence fell at the mention of the old nicname James had so lovingly gave the infant.
"Pwonglet..." cooed Harry, making his little arms and legs go.
Sirius ruffled the baby's hair again.
Remus moved over to the silver bucket(1) of Floo Powder and scooped up a handful to throw in the fire.
Harry stopped giggling and looked sadly at the werewolf.
"Moony bye?"
Remus turned and walked back over kneeling beside the baby smiling softly, "Only for a bit, I'm going shopping, and when I get back I'll have lots of nice presants for you, okay?"
"Kay..." pouted the baby.
Remus smiled and petted the child on the head, before standing back up and walking back over to the fire, "See you in a while."
"Later Moony." smiled Sirius.
"Lader Moony." garbbled Harry.
Remus and Sirius laughed and then the werewolf finally threw the floo powder and said "Diagon Alley!" before stepping in to the emerald flames and dissapearing.
The result of this single simple action was devistating.
"MOONY!!!" sobbed Harry loudly, Sirius jumped panicking, what was wrong!?
"Harry! Harry its okay! Moony's okay! really!" Sirius said bouncing the little boy.
"MOONY! MOONY! MOOONNNYYYY!!!" screeched the baby hystarically.
The child continued to cry loudly, despite all Sirius's best efforts, the boy tried everything, bouncing rocking, walking with him, singing and rubbing or patting his back, rubbing his tummy, he changed his diper, and tried to get him to drink or eat something.
Nothing worked.
Harry just could not be appeased.
At wits end Sirius Flooed the only person he could...
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Albus Dumbledore once again found himself surprised when a familiar face appeared in the fire.
"Mister Black?" asked the Headmaster, eyebrown arched.
"Albus I've got a crisis! Moony just left to go shopping and Harry's going nuts!" cried the young man.
"Why? What happened?" asked the older man sharply.
"Nothing! He was fine until Moony left, after he flooed out of here tho Harry just lost it." explained Sirius.
"Fine I'll be right over." said Albus standing.
Sirius nodded and dissapeared.
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When Albus came through Harry was still sobbing tho he had seemingly calmed abit.
"Now what happened?" asked the Headmaster.
"Nothing... that I saw atleast... Moony said goodbye and flooed away and the next moment Harry was just beside himself crying for him!" said Sirius talking over Harry's sobs.
"You say Harry cried for Remus after he dissapeared? perhaps, Him vanishing so suddenly startled the child?" reasoned Albus.
"That seems unlikely... Harry's seen people Appearate and that's never scared him, even with all the noise it makes." fretted Sirius bouncing the still crying baby.
Albus sat and thought for a while, Sirius finally got Harry to stop screaming, even though tears continued to flow down the child's face.
Finally Albus stood, looked at Harry and then over to the fireplace.
"I wonder..." pondered the man walking over, he scooped up a handful of Floo Powder.
"May I?" he asked Sirius, the young man nodded confused.
Albus throught the powder into the embers and they bust into flame with a emerald green light.
Harry started screeching again.
"I thought so... It tramatized him..."
"What?" asked Sirius shocked.
"The killing curse has a very distinct light... Its green." frowned Albus, "Harry is scared of the Floo because its the same color, he's too young to understand it but when he saw the light before his parents seemingly disapeared... and now."
"Remus Flooed to Diagon Alley..." Sirius sighed, looking down brokenly at the small boy in that sat crying in his arms, "What can we do to get him to not be scared?"
"Well, I believe when Remus comes back it will help a great deal... Other then that, try Flooing out and then back in to show him you're not leaving for good. I wouldn't try to Floo with him till he's a bit older of course." said Albus.
Sirius nodded, "Thanks Albus..."
"How are things going otherwise?" asked the man.
"Good, Moony's been coming over daily... still won't take me up on the offer to move in tho... Its rediculus, look at this place! Its huge! There's more than enough room, and I could use the help tending to Harry and all."
Albus nodded, "Well that may not be safe, all things concidered, Remus's condition complicates things..."
"Albus look out those widows... There's no one else around for miles... Its nothing but forests and mountains out there... Moony could go outside every month and not have to worry about running into anyone, it would be perfect."
"What of you and Harry?" asked Albus.
"The Light House is heavily warded. There's no way that anyone can come in from outside unless they alter the wards, and only I can do that." replied Sirius.(2)
Albus sighed and nodded.
Just then the fire flared green again setting Harry off again, and Remus walked in loaded down with bags.
"Oh hello Albus! Wha-"
"MOONYMOONYMOONYMOONY!!!!!" squeeled Harry struggling out of Sirius's arms and running over to latch on to the young Lycanthrope.
"You caused quite a commotion when you left, Harry's been sobbing this whole time." said Sirius.
"What?" Remus asked completely out to sea.
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After filling Remus in about Harry's aversion to green light, Albus bid the trio adue.
Sirius let him out the frount door and walked him down to the edge of the wards to appearate. Only after he was gone did the young man turn and walk back to The Light House, only to find that Remus had moved into the kitchen with his bags.
Harry was sitting by the blounde's feet, smiling brightly and babbling nonsensicly.
"I got all of the groceries." Remus informed him, putting aside two of the bags to be sorted through later.
The werewolf then placed one bag on the table and started sifting through it, "This is: powder, lotion, shampoo, dipers and wipes..."
The blounde placed the bag aside, and picked up the next one, "Cloths and odds and ends, sippy cups, bibs, little plates and bowls, spoons and forks..."
He pulled up the last bag, "Bath tub, changing table, I shrunk them obviously... two gates to put up; One at either staircase. And toys..."
The young man pulled out: two rubber balls, a wooden Train that was was charmed to blow steam as it was moved. And a bevvy of plushies including a velvet Lion that really roared when you squeezed it, a Rabbit whose nose wiggled and a small brown Teddybear...
"What does the Bear do?" asked Sirius watching Harry snuggle to the teddybear.
"Makes people happy." said Remus simply.
Sirius rolled his eyes.
Remus sighed, "What? Its true! The Bear has a Cheering Charm on it!"
Sirius blinked several times very fast, and then burst out laughing, "Thats... so... cute!"
Remus grinned, "I know. That's why I bought it."
"Gook!" said Harry happily showing off his new toy to Sirius.
"Yes I see. What's his name?" smiled the man.
"Pwongs." smiled Harry.
Sirius and Remus both flinched.
"Sirius sighed, smiling softly, "Prongs huhn? Good name..."
Harry looked very pleased with himself and toddled off up to the den, "Kiddy! Gook! Pwongs!"
The red tabby didn't seem all that impressed with the bear but allowed Harry to drape the toy across it all the same as it lazily flicked its tail back and forth.
Sirius shook his head.
"So did Albus say if they've caught Peter yet?" asked Remus conversationally, as he started sorting throught the groceries.
Sirius froze, "...No... He didn't...He didn't say much about anything really."
Remus looked up, from extracting a newpaper from the bag, "Well should we ask him about it?"
"Later... Hey what's that headline say!" cried the boy grabbing the paper.
There on the frount page, in bold print was the headline:
Suspected Deatheaters Captured: Three Lastranges convicted in the torture of Popular Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottem
Pictures of Sirius's cousin Bellatrix Black Lastrange and her husband Rudolphus and his brother Rabastion stared up fom the page at him.
Below was a picture of a Hansome dark haired man standing beside a round faced woman, in the woman's arms was a chubby little baby no older than Harry, the caption read: Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottem with son Neville (age one) outside their house on June 5th.
Sirius was floored, he slumped down in the nearest chair suddenly feeling ten times his age.
Remus took the paper, he read the artical silently and then rubbed his eyes, "Their alive, both of them, but they don't look good... they think Alice is retarded and Frank is still comatose... The baby is fine, he wasn't harmed..."
Remus then scowled at the page again, "Obviously they haven't caught Peter yet... Your on the list of Most Wanted Deatheaters... Sirius Black wanted in connection to the deaths of Aurors James and Lily Potter and the Abduction of Harry Potter age one..."
Sirius slammed his fists down on the table, "WHAT THE BLOODY SODDERING HELL IS THAT BUGGER ALBUS DUMBLEDORE DOING??!!"
"Bugger." tittered Harry walking down into the kitchen, the teddybear dangled by one leg, being drug behind him.
Sirius slapped a hand over his mouth, and looked at Remus who was glowering at him.
Harry laughed at Sirius.
Sirius lowered his hand, took a deep breath and then turn back towards the door, "I'm going to go have a little chat with Dumbledore..."
Remus however caught him by the scruff of the neck.
"Oh no you don't Padfoot! You're not going anywhere. Use the Floo!"
"Floofloo!" chirped Harry.
"I can't it will scare Harry..." growled Sirius eyeing the door.
"I'll keep Harry busy, we'll go put the groceries away." glared Remus.
"Go Sees!" giggled the little boy bouncing around, he wrapped his little arms around Sirius's leg, "Hi Paafoot!"
Sirius forced himself to relax, "Hi kiddo..."
Remus tapped his foot, Harry turned to look at it, then letting go of Sirius's leg, the little boy bent down, placing both hands on Remus's foot and pinned it to the ground.
Sirius shook his head, he had a very strange Godson...cute...but strange...
Remus sighed and picked Harry up, he then glared at Sirius, "Go. Floo. Now."
"Go!" echoed Harry happily, the baby the looked down at the floor, "Pwongs?"
The teddybear lay at Sirius feet, sighing the young man bent and picked it up, passing it to the boy.
He then headed off to Floo Dumbledore, half ways across the den he found himself actually smiling...
'What the??' Sirius blinked, then it dawned on him, 'Damn Cheering Charm...'
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(1) Its not real Silver, its just Silver colored, none of the Marauders have anything Silver in their house out of respect for Remus's condition.
(2) That's why Remus couldn't just barge in on Halloween Night.
I hope you all liked it.
Next: Ch. 5: In Which There Is Yet Another Argument
-Cloud